The defense mechanism where one imposes one's own unacceptable impulses or wishes onto another ...

The defense mechanism where one imposes one's own unacceptable impulses or wishes onto another person is ______.
 
  a. projection c. sublimation
   b. displacement d. reaction formation

Question 2

A woman who has been reprimanded at work by her boss and quietly accepts his criticism. She later
   yells at her children without provocation from them. The defense mechanism she is using is ______.
 
  a. projection c. sublimation
   b. displacement d. regression

Question 3

Mary goes to a therapist for treatment of numbness in her arms that appears to have no
   physical cause.
 
  Her therapist tells her that her symptoms result from repressed emotions
   dating back to subconscious conflicts during her early childhood. The therapist uses
   hypnosis and has her talk about her feelings to help her discharge her pent-up
   emotions. Her therapist's treatment approach is most similar to that of ______.
   a. Freud c. Kraepelin
   b. Pinel d. Griesinger

Question 4

A man explains his cheating on his income taxes by saying, Everyone does it, and besides the government steals from me every week is using the defense mechanism of ______.
 
  a. rationalization c. reaction formation
   b. projection d. identification

Question 5

The 21-year-old woman treated by Breuer in a classic case of hysteria was ______.
 
  a. Sonja J. c. Anna O.
   b. Alica K. d. Marta M.

Question 6

The process of bringing emotions to the surface and discharging
   them in therapy is called ______.
 
  a. transference c. free association
   b. catharsis d. displacement

Question 7

The use of justifications, or excuses, for unacceptable behavior is a form of self-deception
   that is called ______.
 
  a. projection c. reaction formation
   b. sublimation d. rationalization

Question 8

Freud noted that slips of the tongue and ordinary forgetfulness can represent hidden
   motives that are kept out of consciousness by ______.
 
  a. repression c. denial
   b. displacement d. sublimation

Question 9

People can remain outwardly calm and controlled while they inwardly harbor murderous
   or lustful impulses of which they are unaware through Freudian defense mechanism known as ______.
 
  a. regression c. identification
   b. projection d. repression